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Seema Banerjee was one of the artisans from whom Michelle Obama bought mementos during her visit to New Delhi’s Crafts Museum on Nov.8,2010.

Maushami Chitrakar, a young mother from West Bengal, and her husband, 25-year-old Abdul Chitrakar, were elated that First Lady Michelle Obama liked their paintings of deities and nature. Theirs is the traditional profession of painting “patachitra” on the cotton cloth in such a way that each portrait is part of a series that collectively tell a story like the Ramayana, one of Hinduism’s great epic stories.

Sonia Chitrakar, Maushami’s younger sister, sang a song related to one such painting to the First Lady who appreciated her work. “She became very happy listening to my song. I felt very nice,” said Sonia. Read More »

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